This is the first edited collection of essays entirely devoted to the
women of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite
Sisters exhibition and conference of 2019–20, the individual essays
present new research into the wide-ranging creativity of the
Pre-Raphaelite women. Artistic subjects include Evelyn De Morgan’s
goldwork paintings and her experiments with automatic writing. Barbara
Leigh Smith Bodichon, Mary Seton Watts and Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
are also examined. Elizabeth Siddal’s relationship with her
sister-in-law Christina Rossetti is explored, as is her appropriation
of the Pre-Raphaelite principle of «truth to nature». Women’s
writing is addressed, extracting Georgiana Burne-Jones from the memoir
of her husband and reassessing the book of fairy tales she planned
with Siddal. Fashion history informs an analysis of the sartorial
practices of Jane Morris and Siddal, while the influence exerted by
the Siddal–Rossetti relationship on a prominent Czech artist
demonstrates how women initiated the spread of Pre-Raphaelite ideals
in Europe. More personalised accounts of engaging with and recovering
women in history include the painstaking genealogical research
undertaken by the great-grandson of model Fanny Eaton and the curation
of a Siddal exhibition at Wightwick Manor. This book is essential
reading for anyone interested in the Pre-Raphaelites.
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Art, Poetry and Female Agency in Victorian Britain
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781800795655
Publisert
2022
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Vendor
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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